Project Controls and Planning Officer

1. ABOUT LABA
Laba Holdings Limited is the umbrella landowner company of Porebada, Boera, Papa and Rea Rea in Central Province, Papua New Guinea. Laba delivers services into the PNG LNG and Papua LNG projects and operates a group of businesses across construction, logistics, training, technology and community services.
The Laba Training Academy is a Laba Holdings business being established to hold all of Laba's training work: onboarding and construction trades training for the Papua LNG workforce, driver training for Laba Logistics, and the training needs of Laba's joint venture partners.

2. PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
Keep the Workforce Development programme on schedule and on budget: the programme schedule, cost tracking against budget and the monthly progress reporting, working half time alongside the Program Administrator / Reporting Coordinator.

3. LABA STANDARD RESPONSIBILITIES
•Uphold and live by the Laba Holdings vision, mission and values: more than just a landowner company.
•Comply with Laba's contractual obligations to its clients, and with Laba policies, procedures and delegations of authority.
•Work to the QHSE policy. Stop work authority applies to every person.
•Give first preference to the people of Porebada, Boera, Papa and Rea Rea in every hiring, training and procurement decision, as the Project Labour Agreement requires.

4.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
•Build and maintain the programme schedule for the team's twelve-month deliverables and the training calendar.
•Track cost against budget each month and prepare the variance report for the Manager.
•Prepare the progress sections of the monthly client report and the one-page dashboard with the Program Administrator / Reporting Coordinator.
•Keep the risk and action registers current and follow up owners.
•Support the Manager in pricing variations and new training scopes.

5.KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
•Schedule and cost report issued to the Manager by day five of each month, twelve of twelve.
•Forecast cost within plus or minus 5 per cent of actual at each month end.
•Risk and action registers reviewed every week.

6.MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
•Three or more years in project controls, planning or cost reporting on a project or in a contracting business.
•Working knowledge of a scheduling tool (MS Project or Primavera P6) and advanced Excel.
•Accurate, organised and able to work to monthly reporting deadlines.

7.HOW TO APPLY
Applications and enquiries are handled by Airswift (Air Energi Pacifica Limited) on Laba's behalf. Please attach your curriculum vitae setting out your relevant experience. Preference is given to candidates from Porebada, Boera, Papa and Rea Rea, then to Papua New Guinean citizens. International candidates will only be considered if no suitable national citizen is found. All appointments are merit-based.